First hockey team in Celje was founded in 1947. After that hockey was played depending on weather conditions until 1966 when Celje got their own ice rink. Team played mostly in lower leagues but a few times also in Yugoslavian league. Their star moment came with Slovenian independence when they were real contenders to Olimpija and Jesenice. However they soon ran out of money and had to start over. Senior level team was recreated but it didn't work second time around either. Now they only compete in junior categories.

The Slovenian Federation, in partnership with Croatian and Serbian counterparts, launched the calendar of a new trans-national league called IHL - International Hockey League, starting from September after the positive partecipation of Croatian and Serbian teams in the last two editions of Slovenian League.10 teams will partecipate, 5 from Slovenia - HK Slavija Ljubljana, HK ECE Celje, HK Triglav, HK MK Bled and HDK Maribor - 3 from Croatia - KHL Medveščak Zagreb 2, KHL Mladost Zagreb and KHL Zagreb - and two from Serbia - Crvena Zvezda Beogrand and HK Vojvodina Novi Sad.After a home/away round robin and a round more according to the standing, the first eight teams advance to playoffs. A maximum of 5 imports are allowed.

(13 Jul 2017)

Olimpija Ljubljana captured Slovenian title

Olimpija Ljubljana win Slovenian League beating 2-0 rival Jesenice in game #5 of finals, bringing title back to the capital after the victory of Jesenice last year. The final series had a particular trend, with four out of five games ended with a shutout for the goalie of winning team: 3-1, 0-1,0-1,3-0 and 2-0.This is the 15th title for Olimpija; Jesenice won other 10, nine as defunct Acroni Jesenice and one with current name HDD Jesenice. HK Slavija Ljubljana won bronze by beating 1-0 HK Celje

(12 Apr 2016)

Olimpija and Jesenice will battle for Slovenian Cup

Archrivals Jesenice and Olimpija Ljubljana will compete for the first edition of Slovenian Cup, playing the final on December, 1 in Jesenice. Olimpija won 5-1 the city derby against Slavija Ljubljana, while Jesenice prevailed 2-1 over HK Celje